These are the first links added to this dedicated Links page. Additional sites will be added as time passes. Links to relevant and worthy web sites will be added to the dedicated page. Each will be reviewed. If you would like to recommend a web site for the Links page please drop me a line via the contact form.

This website, hosted by the Australian War Memorial, recounts the experiences of Australian prisoners of war during the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War. It is a well designed web site with personal accounts, maps and photographs.

This excellent online essay, War for the Empire: Malaya and Singapore, Dec 1941 to Feb 1942 by Dr Richard Reid provides a well written and superbly illustrated account of the conflict between Australia and Japan.

This excellent web site has hundreds of stories about Australian men and women who fought in the various wars last century... I have selected some of the stories that relate to the experiences of my father.

More than 22,000 Australians became prisoners of war of the Japanese in south-east Asia. The majority of the Army prisoners were largely from the 8th Division captured at the fall of Singapore. My father was a member of the 8th Division.

Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association is an organisation run by volunteers, including surviving ex prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese during World War II who worked on the Burma-Thailand railway.

This is a brilliant web site. Elliot McMaster clearly and concisely sets out his time from enlistment in the AIF and the 2/20th Battalion through to his wartime experiences in Malaya, his capture by the Japanese, time on the Thai-Burma railway, liberation and finally, his return home. Supported with excellent photographs, maps and a handy contents list.

Digger History is an unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services. This comprehensive web site provides visitors with the opportunity to explore the military history of Australia and New Zealand together with information regarding the role played by indigenous recruits in our army. You can aslo explore information regarding badges, colurs, flags, weapons, food, medals, uniforms and even poetry. There is also an extensive set of valauble links to other web sites.

The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre is an interactive museum, information and research facility dedicated to presenting the history of the Thailand-Burma Railway. This ran 415 km from Ban Pong in Thailand to Thanbuyuzayat in Burma, and was built by the Imperial Japanese Army during the second World War using Allied prisoners of war and impressed Asian labourers. The Centre is fully air-conditioned and offers the visitor an educational and moving experience. The web site is most informative and well illustrated. It also includes a rich set of links and resources.

WWII Collections

This excellent web site was created by Susan Metros, an educational technologist based in the United States. She has created this wonderful resource about the experiences of her father, William Yenofsky, who had been a U.S. serviceman during World War Two.

This web site beautifully sets out the stories of the men and women who were and still are the heroes of the war in the Pacific. They struggled through the years of hardship and internment to emerge as survivors and victors. This web site is part of the excellent Far Eastern POW community web site. A wonderful resource!